Peep Nicole Scherzinger‘s new promotional shot for ‘Dancing In The Stars’. The last remaining original Pussycat Doll member has been paired with show favourite Derek Hough – who some of you may remember was Lil’ Kim’s partner on an earlier season. This season’s première will take place on March 22nd.

In other Nicole news, she is apparently ‘excited’ about working with a ‘new cast’ of Pussycat Dolls, an album for whom is due ‘before the end of the year. Whether the LP will ever see the light of day is anyone’s guess.

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Pop sensations JLS and Jason Derulo posed for the cameras backstage at London’s Hammersmith Apollo recently. Derulo, 20, took a break from his busy promotional schedule to attend the BRIT winners’ show, chatting it up with the guys backstage after it had ended.

With the group now set to debut in the US, after singing with label Jive Records (Britney, Ciara, Chris Brown), they are said to want Derulo on-board to pen songs for their Stateside LP. For those somewhat puzzled by the link, American producer JR Rotem, who is Derulo’s mentor, produced JLS’ ‘Everybody In Love’ single – which is set to serve as their first in the US.

Whether JLS, or Derulo for that matter, manage to make a dent on the US industry will be interesting to see…

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Jay-Z and wife Beyonce were invited to The White House during their recent stay in Washington, D.C (for the rapper’s Blueprint 3 tour). The couple also brought along Beyonce’s mother Tina Knowles, as well as Jay’s tour support Trey Songz, who attended with his manager Kevin Liles. Though President Obama was not photographed, the group did indeed meet the inspirational leader.

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‘Over’, the hotly anticipated new single from Young Money rapper Drake surfaced a few moments ago. Take a listen below and let us know what you think…

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Rihanna took to the stage at the Echo Awards in Berlin, Germany tonight to perform new single ‘Rude Boy’. Check out how your favourite vocalist and mine fared above…

I actually rather enjoyed Ms. Fenty’s performance. Yes, her vocals (as always) were compromised so as for her to actually move around on stage. Yet it’s hard to deny that her swagger was in full-effect (however unjustified it is) and the stage set-up (cheeky robots inclusive) was a nice touch too. Not bad…

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Further fuelling the anticipation for her ‘Telephone’ video, the incomparable Lady GaGa posted the above picture from the vid on her Twitter page a few moments ago.

The shot was accompanied by the words: “RING RING its coming little monsters”, seemingly referring to the March 8th premiere of the Beyonce-assisted clip.

Undeniably very GaGa…roll on Monday!

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Barbados’ Next Top Model, Rihanna, turned heads as she walked the red purple carpet at Echo Awards, in Berlin, Germany a few moments ago. As is usual, the 22 year old looked stunning!

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Rising star Jason Derulo stopped by The Ellen Degeneres Show to perform current single ‘In My Head’. Check out how the 20 year old fared above…

Hmm. Though not bad, the Warner Records artist has some way to go before he can even begin to be held in the same regard as the Chris Brown’s and Usher’s he has been prematurely compared to. Still, it appears he may just be afforded the timeline to do so; ‘In My Head’ currently sits at #9 on the Billboard 100, while Derulo’s self-titled debut is set to debut at #2 on the Billboard 200 next week.

Tidbit: Have you watched our interview with Jason yet? If not, you can click here to do so!

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Universal Motown’s latest signee Kelly Rowland is currently on a whirlwind promotional tour of Australia. The singer, who is set to headline Sydney’s biggest annual Mardi Gras Party this Saturday (March 6th),  looked stunning at the Mardi Gras Media Call earlier today (pics above and below). Work!

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Pop music’s current ‘it’ girl, Ke$ha, has issued some stinging comments for Britney Spears. The ‘Tik Tok’ singer slammed Spears for lip-syncing all of the performances during her recent ‘Circus’ tour. Here is what Ke$ha had to say:

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